Child Actor Component Not Destroyed When Parent BP Is Replaced in Scene

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Oct 16, 2015

Having an actor in the level with a child actor component, replacing it with another copy of itself, and deleting the copy results in a Child Actor remaining in the world outliner, which cannot be d ...

Editor gets stuck "Updating file(s) source control status" when importing multiple FBX files with Git source control

If a user attempts to import multiple FBX files into a project that is set up with Git source control, the message "Updating file(s) source control status..." will appear and stay on the surface ind ...

Retargeting Root Motion not working in UE4.10

OLD - Anim - Nov 24, 2015

Retargeting root motion results in the target animation appearing to "slide" on the ground or "hover" as if hanging from the pelvic bone. This has been reported to be fine in 4.9 but multiple users ...

Odd behavior when moving a large number of assets

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Content Browser - May 18, 2015

User is experiencing his PC running out of memory when he does large move/copy operations in the content browser. There are a few issues with this process. The first is that attempting to drag any ...

BP - Class default value is temporary reset after parent c++ class compile.

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - Hot Reload - Nov 21, 2017

class default value after c++ class compile will temporary initialized. It will be restored when opening the project again. ...

MoviePipeline Project Settings can't refer to Plugin classes

UE - Anim - Sequencer - Feb 12, 2022

A workaround might be to use the CDO of your plugin to reach out to the Editor settings and assign itself to the fields you want. This removes the users ability to choose between multiple options. ...

Can't set "r.Shaders.Optimize" to false in UE5.4

UE - Rendering Architecture - Shaders - Jun 7, 2024

The CVar "r.Shaders.Optimize" cannot be set to false from DefaultEngine.ini in the section "[ShaderCompiler]" as its help text describes. Also tested on UE5-Main, CL: 34200103 ...

Actor Dropped at Wrong Location During PIE

UE - Editor - Applied Usability - Apr 3, 2025

When attempting to drag and drop an actor from the Content Browser into the level viewport during PIE, the actor is not placed at the mouse cursor location if the Player Controller is attached. Inst ...

CPU Lightmass generates different lighting results on a landscape if executed via a commandlet vs through the editor

UE - Graphics Features - Jul 3, 2025

Building lighting via commandlet and via editor are giving different results. To prevent one method from polluting the other via Swarm cache, the cache needs to be cleared in between tests. ...

The collision of objects moving at high speeds seems to move in front of the object

UE - Simulation - Physics - Mar 9, 2015

The collision of objects moving at high speeds seems to move in front of the object. The faster the object is moving, the further the collision will be from the mesh. AnswerHub report: https://an ...